There’s an entire thread on r/egypt with Egyptians complaining that their government’s rampant corruption is making it impossible to correct silly and outdated perceptions of their country in the media.

This is absolutely one of my favorite bits. Rest in peace, man.

For better or worse, the film names both Islamic terrorists and (indirectly) Vladimir Putin as the world’s bad guys, and underscores the trouble that ensues when other world powers try to take sides. Nevertheless, All The Old Knives offers enough of a clearinghouse for well-known villains (here come the…

It’s really hard to imagine how a movie nowadays with the line “it belongs in a museum” could be met with anything other than hyper-online thinkpieces about how problematic Indiana Jones is for looting the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples.

Then this must be like those “once in a century” storms that happen every couple of years now, since The Lost City had Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum as romantic interests.

I mean, the fact that the lead was in the Israeli army is probably a way bigger sticking point for filming in Egypt. Egypt may have a formal peace with Israel, but that is not reflective of the Egyptian public’s view of Israel.

I’m wondering whether the spelling “Witchitaw” to refer to Wichita, KS, is deliberate.

French philosophers will rage for all time at how perfectly that line encapsulates existential despair.

Sadly, no.

Tl;DW: De Armas thinks cuckoldry is Affleck’s kink, turns out it’s really, really not. He leaves a pile of dead boyfriends behind.

The Viscount Who Bared Ass

I believe he went by “[Rank] Wales” when he was in the military.

Kate is all of us in that moment.

I mean, I have never and will never have reason to withdraw $12,000 in cash, but that seems like something you call ahead for.

Trudeau is not head of state—Elizabeth II is the head of state of Canada. Trudeau is the head of government.

Well, cryptocurrency and real estate and companies in Western countries.

As a born-and-bred New Englander who now lives in Wisconsin, I can confirm that New England does not, in fact, get that cold.

I’m not going to argue that I have a clear preference for equality rather than equity as the corner of my personal conception of fairness, but I am not a conservative.

It seems to me that the furor over “critical race theory” is a case of both sides talking past one another.

On the other hand, the men competing against Michael Phelps were the other fastest swimmers on Earth. There’s no “freaky genetic defect” league for Phelps to swim in. Thomas is competing in a category that was created specifically to allow women to compete with each other because they would not be competitive in an…